Description of a Process

Library website is a good place to search sources. Any people can use internet to access the library's website to search for papers. Since gruduate students always need sources during their studying, knowing how to search sources is very important for them. The sources searching process may a bit difficult for new students so this guide is wrote to help student get fimilar with the library sources searching.


Firstly, students should visit the library websit http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/, and then clicked the "Articles & Databases" under the search. After that students can chose the field they want to continual, for example they can choose "Education" option . Next step was to select the Database Name they want to prepare for the searching. In the searching fields, students should inputed the keywords and then click "Search "button then the results were shown. For example students can input "foreigner learning" if they want to search this kind of articles.

After that, results will shown. Select the item you want you can see the details of it. Then students can make this resource send to your email accouts.

Description

The persimmon looks like tomato, they both roughly looks like a ball but usually persimmon is a bit bigger than tomato. And the persimmon is also not as red as tomato. The surface of persimmon is smooth except the top of it which is covered by green leaf. The persimmon tastes sweet and soft. The seeds of persimmon are black, flat, and about one finger-nail large.

Durian is a kind of tropics fruits. This fruit has tea-green spiny husk and the spurs on it are not long. To eat this fruit, we must use knife to cut down the spiny husk and take out the yellow fruit . This fruit has strong smell so many people dislike it while many others like it because it tastes soft and sweet.

This animatronic human sculpture is make of bronze and stainless steel . This human robot crouchs itself with its right calf straight up while its left one close to the ground. Its body also bends forward and supported by two arms. The right small arm is lie on the right knee and the left arm supprted the body straightly by touching the ground. Its head turns right and this looks like that it is watching something.

Hamermesh(1986)

Some articles point out that miscommunication of the written word lead to poor business operating. Mamemesh had been collecting such kind of articles and thinking about how to teach his students. He doubted about the content of his course in business writing because his student seem lack of writing skills when doing jobs. So he invited some business people for interview talking about the business writing skill. From january to April, 1985, he had interviewed dozen of people involve in communication issue. The people's answers suggested that cited conciseness is important quality of effect writing. They also pointed out writing with error free is good quality. Conversational tone is also mentioned by these people. And surprisingly almost all people noted the awareness of audience as a necessary prerequisite to effective written communication. Surprising too was the mention of logical organization. Avice-president from an investment services company said thet it is necessary for writer to understand and express the corporate culture in writing. When ask to write these people took their writting expression seriously. All they were unanimous in citing good writing skills as a prerequisite for advancement in the job. Poor writing skill detract from effectiveness and give a poor image of the company and people now want to improvetheir writing skill because they realize the skill is curcial to achievement in the corporate world. After doing this research, Mamemesh felt that he can more effeciency ttech his students.

Feedback from interview

Kopits points out that people from different places have different reactions about "Peak oil", people from east coast consider it as serious problem while people from Houston can accept it as a daily issue.

Source searching

To search the source for the "foreigners belive learn language", I firstly went to the GWU library website “http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/”. And then clicked the "Articles & Databases" under the search. After that I chose "Education" option since learning can be classified to education. Next step was to select "Education Abstracts" to prepare for the searching. In the searching fields, I inputed
"language","foreigner" and "beliv*". Search button was clicked and then the results were shown. I chose the following as reference.

Saville, N. (2007, June 8). A global reach for mind and mouth. Times Higher Education Supplement, Retrieved September 16, 2009, from Education Abstracts database.

Sifakis, N., & Sougari, A. (2005, September). Pronunciation Issues and EIL Pedagogy in the Periphery: A Survey of Greek State School Teachers' Beliefs. TESOL Quarterly, 39(3), 467-488. Retrieved September 16, 2009, from Education Abstracts database.

Drewelow, I., & Theobald, A. (2007, Fall). A Comparison of the Attitudes of Learners, Instructors, and Native French Speakers About the Pronunciation of French: An Exploratory Study. Foreign Language Annals, 40(3), 491-520. Retrieved September 16, 2009, from Education Abstracts database.

I chose the these three because I think pronunciation is a very important part of language learning. Many foreigner learners may have such kind of problem: they can read and write the language they learn well but can not speak fluently. So we should take it important as language learning.

Paraphrase

The writer says that he will suggest the president to do the energy issues quietly first. He against that the president should take leadership on the problem. On the other hand, he thinks the govenment should study the issue quietly first and then tell other their plan to do with the problem. He illustrates that people do not like to hear bad news. If bad news are pubilsh to people, people will realize it is a horrendous problem and then the situation may getting worse.

Solar Energy

Solar energy as a heat source for homes has potential, but there are some problems that need to be resolved.

In one hand,solar energy is a unlimited resource. The energy come from the sun-light which can exist for a period much longer than we can image. Human do not need to worry about the remain of this energy just like human worry about oil. In addition, solar energy do not make pollution to the environment.Unlike oil or gas, using solar energy does not produce any CO2,SO2,etc, therefore solar energy is a kind of clear energy. What's more, the solar resource is not controlled by humans for profit. Every one can access it and use it.

But in the other hand, using solar enery stiil has some problems to be resolved. The construction cost of collection devices is high compare to the cost of oil collcetion deveices. And the collection and storage are not perfected due to the human technology limit. The solar energy collectors also somewhat unsightly which may prevent customers from buying them.

In conclusion, solar energy is a kind of energy with great potenial so it worth us to explore. However, the technology of human to use it is still not mature so there is a long way to go before we can master it.

Organic Soil

The organic matter can benefit soil. The benefits can be illustrated in several ways.

Firstly, the organic matter can improve soil structure so that the boots of the plants can be better growed in the soil. The organic matter can not only loosen hard soil but also give sandy soil holding ability. These can provide plants a more comfortable growing environment.

Secondly, the organic matter increases the soil's ability to retain moisture, it acts as a sponge to absorb water to the soil and reduces the soil's erosion. Since water play important role in plant's growing, we can see that organic matter benefit the soil a lot.

Finally, the organic matter raises the soil's level of fertility. When the organic matter breaks down it can be easily aborbed by the soil.In addtion, orgainc matter can build up humus. So that the soil' level of fertility can be raised.

In conclusion,the incorporation of organic matter into the soil is an important farming practice that can significantly improce the productivity and long-term viability of agricultural land.

Overcome difficulty

When I was studying in junior middle school, I am overweight and not good at sport. At that time it is not easy for me to pass 1000m running test. So I alway worried about how to pass it before that test.

Fortunately, a good friend of mine, suggest that I practice running with him every day. I accepted his advise and run 2000m with him every evening. At the begining I felt tired after the first 500m and wanted to rest every times. But when I saw my friend keep on running, I changed my mind and followed him. Inevitable that I feel painful at the first few weeks, many times I wanted to give up it while at last I insisted. It is very tough for me at that time but I overcame the diffculty. Day after day I can run faster then before, and at that semester I easily passed the 1000m running test. The time I spent was shorter than that of most of my classmates'.

That is a very important memory for me because it was my first time to overcome huge difficulty with all cost. Besides my hard work, my friend's help also benefited a lot during that period. It alway remind me of that memory when I face difficulties nowaday, and I overcame most of the difficulties since that time.